Tooter has been growing leaps and bounds developmentally in the past month. Some things he's been doing:
- pulling up on EVERYTHING. He loves to pull up and cries when you lay him down to change his diaper or clothes. Sometimes it's just easier to put his clothes on while he's standing up.
- saying "Dada," "Nah-nah" (Mama), and "dye-dye" (bye-bye) while waving.
- crawing everywhere. It's no longer an ugly crawl, it's a full-blown crawl even though he looks like one of those low-bellied lizards getting around. It's slow, sort of like stop-animation.
- turning out the light in his room every time we leave. I carry him out and hold him by the light switch and he turns it off. That's our little game. He won't do it for my mom. :P
He's been sick for the past week and ever since then, his sleep has been messed up. He wakes in the night crying and is inconsolable. I'm not sure what to do about it. I've tried rocking, feeding, changing diaper, walking the hall, sitting on the couch, tylenol, teething tablets, and putting him back down in the bed and patting him, which seems to exacerbate the crying. Nothing seems to work; the only thing that I've had success with is getting Daddy up to hold him and he eventually calms down and falls asleep after much squirming and fussing. (But Daddy's having to use a walker and can't carry him around--he can only sit in one place and has to call my cell phone to get me to put him back to bed because I go back to sleep in the bedroom and if he hollers at me, he'll wake the boy up and I can't hear it anyway.) He's sleepy but fights sleep and when I hold him, he rolls all over my lap and can't seem to get comfortable. I'm not sure what's going on but I am SOOOOO tired. Not to mention, during the day, he wants to play and play and play but won't play by himself. He wants one of us down in the floor with him or he gets mad.
So, I hope this is just a phase. I'm not sure what's going on but I hope he gets happier soon. I hate seeing him so upset and it makes me tired!
